Art Attack Readme - Europress Software July 1998
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Welcome
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Welcome to the Art Attack CD Rom. We hope you really enjoy using this
software. For the latest information and any future patches, please
visit the Europress web site:

http://www.europress.co.uk

From September '98, the official Art Attack web site will go live, this is
the URL:

http://www.artattack.co.uk

Please note, this web site may not opperate until the end of September 1998.

Technical Help
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To obtain technical support on Art Attack contact:

 Europress Technical Support 01625 855070

We may ask you questions regarding your computer system, please be
sure to have all your system details available.     

Files
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Art Attack creates files on your hard disk whenever you choose to save
pictures, stamps, animating characters and movies. The files are stored
in these directories:

Movie files (*.mvi)
...\data\anims\user\

Pictures (*.bak)
...\data\backdrop\user\

Animated characters and stamps (*.act)
...\data\chars\user\

If you want to clear out the creations you make, simply delete files
from these directories. The filenames created are built up in a sequencial
order. For example, a movie names 00000001.mvi, will be the left most
thumnail in the dialogue box.

Flickering screen problem
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If you experience any flickering of graphics while using Art Attack then
this is most likely due to your system using a secondary 2D/3D card. In
this case we advise you to switch your system into using its primary card.

DirectX(tm) 5.2 Media
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What is DirectX(tm)? - DirectX(tm) 5.2 has been wholly developed by
Microsoft(c) to run under Windows(c)95.  The result is that programs
and software designed exclusively for Windows(c)95 and that are using
DirectX(tm) routines are able to talk directly to the hardware.
Therefore your software will run faster and your graphics will be
smoother.  However, in order for DirectX(tm) 5.2 to work properly you
must ensure that you have compatible DirectX(tm)5.2 drivers installed
on your computer.       

Important - Although you may already have DirectX 5.0 installed it is
important that you answer YES to the question "Do you want to install
DirectX 5.2?" If you do not answer YES then DirectX 5.0 will not be
upgraded and you will not see the Art Attack intro animation. The
main Art Attack program will run correctly under DirectX 5.0 but we
advise that you upgrade.  

* Troubleshooting

First and foremost, you must ensure that DirectX(tm) 5.2 is fully
installed on your system.  To do this, re-run DirectX(tm) 5.2 from
the CD-ROM by clicking on START > RUN and type:

 "D:\REDIST\DIRECTX\DXSETUP.EXE"

 (D: being the letter assigned to your CD Drive)

In the box that appears, you should have a list of all of the
different DirectX(tm) 5.2 components.  All those in the list
should have the word Certified and a version number. If some
of the components in the list are not Certified, you will either: 

a)	Need to reinstall DirectX(tm) 5.2 or 

b)	If reinstalling doesn't work, you will need to contact the
 	suppliers of your system and ask them to provide updated
 	drivers for Windows(c) 95. 

The most common drivers in the list that aren't always updated are the
Display driver or the Audio driver. The Display driver is the Video
driver and the Audio driver is the Sound driver. If any of these are
not updating, obtain the latest driver from your supplier and once
installed, reinstall the DirectX(tm) 5.2 program. 

N.B. The latest drivers in DirectX(tm) 5.2 start with the number 4 etc.

Art Attack has been developed and tested with the most recent versions
of the DirectX(tm) 5.2 display drivers. Problems may be experienced
while running Art Attack with older display drivers.  If you do
encounter such problems, contact your video card manufacturer to
obtain the most recent version of their display drivers.

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